Fuel Tax Proposed for Better Roads

Posted: Thu 8:25 PM, Jul 28, 2005&nbsp|&nbsp

Updated: Fri 1:10 AM, Jul 29, 2005

7-28-05 - Will Oklahomans pay higher gas prices in exchange for better roads? A group called Oklahomans for Safe Bridges and Roads hopes so. Voters will head to the polls in September to decide just that.

On September 13, Oklahomans will vote on state question 7-23, and if it passes, each gallon of gas sold in the state will eventually be taxed an extra 5 cents in 3 years time

The thinking behind the fuel use tax is that if you drive on the roads, you should have to pay to fix them. The price of unleaded gas would increase five cents by 2008. That five-cent tax would stay indefinitely while diesel would go up eight cents.

The coalition says O-DOT doesn't get enough money from the state to make all the repairs. And the longer they wait the worse the roads and bridges get.

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